Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Student Recital Series: David Diaz, Flute & Dr. Kao, Piano
Recorded and Live Streamed by: TCU School of Music
Hello everyone! This is one of my pieces for my Senior college recital during Spring 2026 semester. If you like my talent and progress, please subscribe and stay tuned for more videos. Enjoy the full performance!
Saverio Mercadante is an Italian composer as a pivotal figure in the transition between the bel canto style of Rossini and the later 19th century. Born in 1795, he studied in Naples and succeeded Gioachino Rossini as the director of the Naples Conservatory in 1840, which he held for over thirty years. He continued composing prolifically, producing over sixty operas that influenced a young Giuseppe Verdi. Unlike Rossini's decorative vocal writing, Mercadante favored darker orchestration and dramatic intensity. His operas were wildly popular in their day and marked a clear step toward the more dramatic style that Verdi would later perfect. Despite his blindness in later years, he dictated his final works to students, which demonstrated a strong commitment to his craft until his death in 1870. Originally written for flute and orchestra, this piece features a powerful, dramatic sensibility with the first movement’s Allegro maestoso showcasing a heroic attitude, the Largo offering a tender, opera-like melody, and the Rondo Russo concluding with a virtuosic finale that demands both technical brilliance and lyrical musicality from the soloist.
Title Card 0:00-0:10
Allegro Maestoso 0:11-7:25
Largo 7:26-11:00
Rondo Russo 11:01-18:13
Outro 18:14-18:25
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Student Recital Series: David Diaz, Flute & Dr. Kao, Piano
Recorded and Live Streamed by: TCU School of Music
Hello everyone! This is one of my pieces for my Senior college recital during Spring 2026 semester. If you like my talent and progress, please subscribe and stay tuned for more videos. Enjoy the full performance!
Saverio Mercadante is an Italian composer as a pivotal figure in the transition between the bel canto style of Rossini and the later 19th century. Born in 1795, he studied in Naples and succeeded Gioachino Rossini as the director of the Naples Conservatory in 1840, which he held for over thirty years. He continued composing prolifically, producing over sixty operas that influenced a young Giuseppe Verdi. Unlike Rossini's decorative vocal writing, Mercadante favored darker orchestration and dramatic intensity. His operas were wildly popular in their day and marked a clear step toward the more dramatic style that Verdi would later perfect. Despite his blindness in later years, he dictated his final works to students, which demonstrated a strong commitment to his craft until his death in 1870. Originally written for flute and orchestra, this piece features a powerful, dramatic sensibility with the first movement’s Allegro maestoso showcasing a heroic attitude, the Largo offering a tender, opera-like melody, and the Rondo Russo concluding with a virtuosic finale that demands both technical brilliance and lyrical musicality from the soloist.
Title Card 0:00-0:10
Allegro Maestoso 0:11-7:25
Largo 7:26-11:00
Rondo Russo 11:01-18:13
Outro 18:14-18:25
📷 Follow me on Instagram! - instagram.com/david.plays.flute
📱 Follow me on TikTok! - tiktok.com/@david.plays.flute
🌴 Check out my Linktree! - https://linktr.ee/daviddiazflute
